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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Pilot" – "Hiroshima".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt agree to combine their resources and work on atomic weapons in the United States?
(a) Because the United States had the advantage of top scientists.
(b) Because Britain was about to ally with Germany.
(c) Because Britain was inundated with Soviet spies.
(d) Because Britain was under attack from German bombers.

2. On what date did Adolf Hitler commit suicide?
(a) April 30, 1945.
(b) April 12, 1945.
(c) March 13, 1945.
(d) September 1, 1945.

3. Where was Robert Oppenheimer born and raised?
(a) Los Angeles, California.
(b) New York, New York.
(c) Zurich, Switzerland.
(d) Chicago, Illinois.

4. Who was General Lestlie Groves's top intelligence officer in late 1943?
(a) Major Robert Furman.
(b) Colonel John Wilson.
(c) Lt. Colonel Boris Pash.
(d) General George Marshall.

5. Upon landing on the Vemork mission, how long did Poulsson tell his team they had to "reconnoiter the plant, get information on the German guards, and check on the landing site"?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 4 weeks.
(c) 1 week.
(d) 6 weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the U.S. President in July of 1939?

2. What was the site named where the plutonium bomb would be tested for the Manhattan Project?

3. How old was Dorothy McKibben in March of 1943?

4. With whom did Knut Haukelid spend the winter in the mountains of Norway after the Vemork attack?

5. What was the name of Paul Tibbets flying team that he developed in late 1944?

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